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Two days ago(Feb. 23), Kanye West gave a riveting speech while accepting his Visionary Award at the 2015 BET Honors. Speaking on love, happiness and race relations within the entertainment industry, Yeezy's words were compelling ...

Today in hip-hop history...
2008: On Feb. 25, 2008, Stephen Garrett, better known by his stage name Static Major, died suddenly in a hospital of respiratory distress after being hospitalized for an autoimmune disorder.
Static Major was member of the R&B trio ...

Today, Feb. 25, is the birthday of Toronto-based hip-hop producer Alex Williams, otherwise known as T-Minus. As one of Drake's official OVO producers along with Noah "40" Shebib, T-Minus is a certified hitmaker.
Though you may not know his name, you ...

After headlining the Slumerican Made Tour late last year, Yelawolf is gearing up to release his highly anticipated sophomore album, Love Story, on April 21.
The second LP from Yelawolf will be executive produced by Shady Records head honcho Eminem and ...

Donald Glover may soon stop rapping as Childish Gambino. The actor turned rapper appeared on The Today Show for a promo run about his up-coming movie, The Lazarus Effect, and unveiled that he's over the name and plans to move ...

Instagram was full of commotion because of all the new releases today, (Feb. 24). Big Sean, Chris Brown and Tyga all dropped projects, with Sean unveiling Dark Sky Paradise, and the famed besties releasing Fan Of A Fan.
Ariana Grande shouted ...

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Toronto, Canada's North by Northeast Festival just announced its 2015 festival line-up and by the looks of it, they are obviously planning to cater to hip-hop heads in a big way.
MCs mentioned on this year's ...

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Chris Brown has been denied entry into Canada. Brown was turned around from crossing the border into Canada by immigration officials today (Feb. 24), leading Live Nation to cancel shows in Toronto and Montreal. "Unfortunately ...

Boldy James' new mixtape, Trappers Alley 2, is due out Feb. 27 and today he drops off the first cut off that project called "Bet That Up" featuring Snootie Wild and 2014 XXL Freshman Kevin Gates. The track, produced by GoGrizzly and ...